J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) Competitors

ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is ARCB or JBHT a better dividend stock?

ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ArcBest pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend ARCB or JBHT?

ArcBest currently has a consensus price target of $93.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.35%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus price target of $164.90, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given ArcBest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ArcBest is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ArcBest	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Which has more volatility & risk, ARCB or JBHT?

ArcBest has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ARCB or JBHT?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than ArcBest. ArcBest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J.B. Hunt Transport Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ArcBest	$4.18B	0.43	$173.96M	$7.56	10.41
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	$12.09B	1.24	$570.89M	$5.51	27.48

Is ARCB or JBHT more profitable?

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.59% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 4.37%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity of 13.98% beat ArcBest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ArcBest	4.37%	10.05%	5.35%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	4.59%	13.98%	6.67%

Does the media refer more to ARCB or JBHT?

In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 37 more articles in the media than ArcBest. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 5 mentions for ArcBest. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.46 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ArcBest	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARCB or JBHT?

99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats ArcBest on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.